How can we better invest in people?

An Honest Conversation on AI and Humanity

January 20, 2026
14:30–15:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

What choices must we make today to build a future balanced between technological innovation and humanity? Explore and discuss how a history of the future offers lessons for navigating the transformative age of AI.

This is a livestreamed session. Simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish.

Speakers

YH
Yuval Noah Harari
Distinguished Research Fellow
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
IT
Irene Tracey
Vice-Chancellor
University of Oxford

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